[Spridgets] Converting TO wire wheels?

[Ron Soave]

Would a knock off wheel have studs? Pretty sure mine don't.

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On Jan 30, 2014, at 9:32 PM, Neil Anderson <neilandcustom at gmail.com> wrote:

> I remember someone asking the question a few years ago "what is the
> difference between the disk wheel rear bearing hubs and the wire wheel
> ones?"  I think Frank answered that the wire wheel hubs have longer studs.
>
> Can someone verify that?
>
> Neil Anderson
> Northern Illinois
>
>
> On Thu, Jan 30, 2014 at 9:09 PM, Bob Spruck <mgmaven at bellsouth.net> wrote:
>
>> On 1/30/2014 12:33 PM, Peter Caldwell wrote:
>>> Any source or list of the parts required?   Subject car is a 77.
>>>
>>> TIA
>>>   Peter C
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>> Peter:
>>
>> I am currently converting my '72 RWA Midget from wire wheels to disc
>> wheels. Wire wheels have gotten awfully expensive lately and all of mine
>> are out of true due to using a local shop that didn't know how to mount
>> and balance tires on WWs. I don't want to have a problem in the future
>> with flats, balancing, replacing tires, etc onto wire wheels if I can't
>> find anybody local who knows what they are doing. I have a set of
>> Minators I used with rain tires on my '67 vintage race car and decided
>> to no longer race in the rain, so they became available.
>>
>> On the front, you will need different hubs and brake discs. The stub
>> axles, dust covers and calipers are the same.
>>
>> On the rear the wire wheel diff assy is 1" narrower than the disc wheel
>> diff assy. From the brake backing plates outward, they are the same.
>> Even the rear hubs are the same. Of course, you will need different
>> axles. The rods that work the hand brake are also different because of
>> the shorter diff assy. I have the dimensions of the diff assy and the
>> hand brake rods if you need them.
>>
>> A recent thread I started resulted in recommendations to torque the rear
>> hub nuts to 130 lb ft and use red Locktite. Most also recommended not
>> using the tab washer but I plan to use one just to give the nut a good
>> contact surface on the bearing face (130 lb/ft is a lot of lb/ft) but
>> rely on the Locktite instead of bending it over a nut flat. I think
>> that's why it came loose on the race car at the last race and broke the
>> axle at the flange end.
>>
>> If you need any parts, I now have a whole set of wire wheel stuff I
>> don't need.
>>
>> Bob Spruck
>> Sharpsburg, GA
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